Rob's 450g Build Thread!

[Wiskey]

Shading is a great problem to have! Amazing tank, and fantastic results! I am also focusing on stability these days, and redundancy like having dual return pumps.

Your par was quite a bit higher than I expected, but I see more and more people running levels like that when their tanks are as filled in as yours is. How long do you run that level of par per day?

Thank you!
Whiskey

 

[Robs Reef]

3 years in!! Merry Christmas everyone!

 

[X-37B]

3 years in!! Merry Christmas everyone!

Awesome job! Merry Xmas.

 

[rowdyreefing]

Flat canopy came out great!

Where are you hiding power blocks for lights?

 

[Devin17]

3 years in!! Merry Christmas everyone!

It’s crazy, I just realized I watched this tank grow on Facebook. Beautiful build!

 

[Robs Reef]

Few pics to show, how freaking large my acropora colonies are. I have beenin the reefing game for over 25 years and I have never seen colonies this large in a home aquarium. And to top it off frags to monster colonies in 3 years. Freaking amazing, sorry for the weird flex

 

[Ashish Patel]

Few pics to show, how freaking large my acropora colonies are. I have beenin the reefing game for over 25 years and I have never seen colonies this large in a home aquarium. And to top it off frags to monster colonies in 3 years. Freaking amazing, sorry for the weird flex

Few pics to show, how freaking large my acropora colonies are. I have beenin the reefing game for over 25 years and I have never seen colonies this large in a home aquarium. And to top it off frags to monster colonies in 3 years. Freaking amazing, sorry for the weird flex

This is insane!

 

[BigKid4788]

Impressive!

 

[twiatr2001]

With that type of growth, you can start repopulating reefs!

 

[NickHolmes]

This is awesome! Have you lost a few LED's or is it just some channels set very low?

 

[Janci]

Great update Robert.
Congratulation on the success

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Few pics to show, how freaking large my acropora colonies are. I have beenin the reefing game for over 25 years and I have never seen colonies this large in a home aquarium. And to top it off frags to monster colonies in 3 years. Freaking amazing, sorry for the weird flex

WOW!!

 

[Maximus]

Unreal! Best tank ever!!!

 

[epleeds]

Can you post what mounting system you used for the orpheks? Trying to figure out what extension pieces those are. I’m trying to mount some into a hybrid fixture I have but the screws are way to short.

 

[Robs Reef]

Can you post what mounting system you used for the orpheks? Trying to figure out what extension pieces those are. I’m trying to mount some into a hybrid fixture I have but the screws are way to short.

Just stand offs female both ends, I bought from Amazon

 

[Robs Reef]

 

[epleeds]

Any chance you can link the ends you used? Having trouble finding the right ones.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Where's that going??

 

[Robs Reef]

Any chance you can link the ends you used? Having trouble finding the right ones.

 

[Robs Reef]

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